A Look Back At

Born in 1972

What Was Life Like in 1972?

Who Was in Charge?

Prime Minister

William McMahon

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

What Things Cost

Petrol (per litre)

$0.08

Loaf of Bread

$0.24

Average House

$16,000

Weekly Wage

$75.00

Events of 1972 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1972 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 26 January – Aboriginal Tent Embassy was constructed in front of Parliament House (now old Parliament House).
  • 18 February – The Logie Awards of 1972 are held in Melbourne where Division 4's Gerard Kennedy wins his second consecutive Gold Logie.
  • 13 March – Controversial soap opera Number 96 debuts on the 0-10 Network.
  • 3 June – Douglas Nicholls becomes the first Indigenous Australian to be knighted.
  • 29 July – Kerry Anne Wells earned Australia's first Miss Universe crown, in Dorado, Puerto Rico.
  • 16 November – The Aunty Jack Show premieres on ABC-TV in Sydney.
  • 1 December – Belinda Green is crowned Miss World in London, becoming the second Australian winner of this pageant. Australia won the two most important beauty contest in this year.
  • 2 December – 1972 Australian federal election: The Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam defeats the Liberal/Country Coalition government led by Prime Minister William McMahon. Consequently, Whitlam becomes the first Labor Prime Minister of Australia since the defeat of Ben Chifley in 1949.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective) on 1 January 1972

Imagine

John Lennon

This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.